Definition of 'glean'. Word Frequency. glean (gliËn ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense gleans , present participle gleaning , past tense , past participle gleaned. verb. If you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly.
THE Netherlands is a country. It lies in western Europe and is a kingdom. Beatrix is Queen and is be-widowed from her husband Prince Claus of the Netherlands Her son is â¦Prince Willem Alexander, he will be king as soon as his mother decides to step down the throne.
The country is about the size of Maryland. The Netherlands is located at the crossroads of 3 of Europe's major rivers: the Rhine, the Meuse and the Schelde. The nation's 2 largest cities are Amsterdam, with a population of 1.1 million, and Rotterdam, also with 1.1 million people.he coastline of the Netherlands is 451 kilometers (280 miles) long. Its land borders are 1,027 kilometers (638 miles) in length. The border with Germany is 577 kilometers (358 miles) long and that with Belgium is 450 kilometers (280 miles) long.